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<p>We ask that you support a minimum of 5 and preferrably 10 concurrent user connections.</p>

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<p>for new source mirror requests, the procedure will be as follows:</p>

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<p>Someone asks to be a mirror, then we verify that the mirror exists and we can connect to it properly. Then we will contact you and enable your server to connect to <path>rsync1.us.gentoo.org</path>, the master rsync mirror. Then, in the next 48-72 hours we will determine if your mirror is syncing correctly with <path>rsync1.us.gentoo.org</path> and accordingly with this policy.</p>